Our Mission in Ethiopia

Monday, May 5, 2014

After watching General Conference on DVD and having a great lunch of injera and shiro wat with tibs at the church, we were invited to Amen's 1st birthday celebration at Tesfaye's and Marta's. Our grandson, Cooper, turns 2 on May 28th, but since we are moving to Addis this week, for 3 months, to take over in the mission office for the Preators, who go home this Sunday, we decided to make and take cookies for a birthday treat for Cooper's and Amen's birthdays. Next Sunday is our last Sunday in Debre Zeyit. We will REALLY miss our friends and branch here!!! : / We will be visiting a different branch each Sunday to keep in touch with the missionaries and branch presidents, so we will be back a few times to visit! Here are a few photos from Amen's party...

2 comments:

Elder and Sis Wold,My name is Lisa Lee and my daughter found your blog while doing a research paper on Ethiopia. 2 years ago we adopted 2 boys from Addis. They are the Oremi tribe. I have soooooo many questions for you regarding the church's presence there. We just received several Books of Mormon in Amharic and a friend from Ethiopia is traveling to Addis this weekend. He is taking some of my books to friends we have there. PLEASE email me if you can so I can get some contact information for my friends to find the church. We spent a total of 5 weeks with 2 visits to Addis and fell on love with the city and people. We have many ties there with the orphanages and our adoption agency. I would love to talk with you. We live in Spokane WA. One of our highlights was my husband giving his talk for Stake Conference from the rooftop of our quest house overlooking Addis. We even had our driver and now dear friend speak to the congregation. The wonders of technology!mommylee14@gmail.com

I love reading your blog and the wonderful pictures you have taken of your mission experiences! What a wonderful blessing you are to the people you serve and come in contact with. Thank you dear friends for your example of living and teaching the gospel wherever you are called. Happy Mother's Day Joyce! Sending my love, hugs and always prayers for you!